This message resonates with most Americans. I hope he is allowed to get it out where the people can hear it. They will like what they hear from Hunter.
GO DUNCAN HUNTER!!!
If you can heal the symptoms
But not affect the cause
It's quite a bit like trying to heal
A gunshot wound with gauze
-Phish
Bingo...this guy looks better and better all the time....
YYYEEAAAHHH!!
One might ask....why does China need a huge military buildup?
Against whom might this be aimed?
In addition to a military buildup China has a time bomb demographic problem. Too many men, not enough women. Not enough women to marry and keep those men busy, at home, and making kidlets.
An entire generation of young "unoccupied" males is a dangerous thing.
"By cheating at trade..."
Precisely.
A small point the free trade zealots here and elsewhere miss.
Most conservatives are for FreeTrade, but not CheatTrade, particularly from the dangerous ChiComs.
China should be watched because it will be our future enemy in a war at the rate things are going.
There are too many people making money in China and ignoring their government's clamp down on freedom for other people.
Money isn't everything and China should be held to account for how it treats its own people and its increasing military threat to neighboring countries.
Sheesh, were does he expect us to get our $800.00 Fender Guitar ($400.00 for a MIM 'Standard' Fender) knockoffs for $110.00 at? Or the Gibson-Epiphone Les Pauls? And every other Name Brand musical instrument, huh Duncan!
Sheesh, think of the children. Now instead of being able to afford music lessons they'll join gangs, sell drugs and wind up in prison!
~~~ sarcasm OFF ~~~
In the interest of Full Disclosure, I DO own a couple Made In China guitars - they ain't all that bad. For beginners and intermediate players, they're perfect (but I'm selling them to buy another REAL Fender).
Then Lindsey went on the say, they were able to do that as a direct result of Loral and Bill Clinton. He went on the recite the scenario we all talked about when with the stroke of the pen, Clinton allowed Loral to share tecnology with China, then gave Bill $1,000,000 in campaign donations in 1996. He then told us that the State Department responsibilities of keeping technology out of the hands of our enemies, was trasferred to Commerce.
Think about it the Chinese, now have the ability to shoot down our satellites one by one, and once down, we cannot do anything, even the ICBM's on our Trident subs are satellite aimed.
I'm not a "Chicom apologist", but I don't see any reason to believe that China has any territorial ambitions on America.
Historically China has had lots of border wars, and has an obsession with "reclaiming" it's territories such as Tibet and Taiwan. And certainly it wants to have more influence in its region of the world (e.g., trade, finance).
But I think Hunter's concerns are overwrought.
It amazes me how the Free Traders will insist on ignoring the threat of China's military buildup simply because "It's good for the economy"
If ONE American military man or woman dies from any kind of chinese ordinance, I want to see these businessmen who sold our country down the drain, HUNG!
“They are accumulating foreign currencies which they hold in dollars. But they don't spend the surplus,” Bosworth argued. “If they used it to finance their defense buildup, they would have spent it. Then they wouldn't have a trade surplus any more.” Lardy cites statistics indicating that China only spends about $2 billion a year on military imports, mainly from Russia. Some military experts are dubious about Hunter's alarm over the nature of the emerging Chinese military threat."
Maybe someone should inform these deep think tank people about a few realities, like the fact China is EXPORTING military hardware to countries like Iran,Syria,African counties amd most likely North Korea so they probably aren't spending too much IMPORTING the stuff !!!
While sitting here at the p/c for two weeks now, watching the debates between those here at FR between Hunter and, Giuliani have decided to go with Hunter.
After last night straw poll in South Carolina, I believe Hunter will in the coming months move to the front in greater numbers.
He is not a Regan but, he is closer than Giuliani or McCain.
I pray to god this guy is our next president. The primaries will be tough. He could be a figure against the chicoms like Reagan was to the soviets. It would be the right man at the right time.
"Honest, your Honor, the Chinaman held a gun to my head and made me shop at Walmart!"
HUNTER/TANCREDO